LE Epic shrines, evil worship,

[asterix645]

I was stunned by the shrine of Azura. I just loved how this massive, stone, statue just towered over the mountains

and would gaze at it frequently. Just beautiful...

 

 

 

http://images.wikia.com/elderscrolls/images/e/e5/Azura_Concept.jpg

 

Unfortunately it was the only statue of its kind. Whether it be Talos or Mehrunes Dagon, the shrines are small

and compact so they're left in small places.

 

I want another statue like this. A large, towering, behemoth of an epic statue that glares at the horizon.

I want it to have an "evil" edge to it.

 

The only thing I found closely related in-game was the shrine to Boethiah, but that was too small for my taste.

Although, Boethiah is the perfect reference point for what I'm looking for.

 

- stone statue

- evil

- located in desolate mountains, to show evilness and non-conformity to generally accepted worship

 

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120124091851/elderscrolls/images/0/03/Sacellum_of_Boethiah.png

 

 

I have a very intricate roleplay set up with my Altmer mage and it can adapt to any sort of lore

modification or interference. I don't care much about "wait, this divine doesn't exist in the game!" or anything like

that. I'm sure it could be written in and integrated seamlessly just by writing a simple lore paragraph on the mod page.

 

I'm no modder, so I have no idea how to go about this. I would assume that it's not too hard.

 

There are lots of totally-free 3d model archives on the internet.

Can't a modder find a free 3d model on the internet, texture it in stone, and just place it somewhere in the world?

 

 

 

Imagine something like this, on a mountain in Skryim, just like Azura.

 

http://preview.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_2010_12_04__15_15_41/Devil1.jpg990C9C93-477B-4F89-8D6841233C106747.jpgLarger.jpg

 

http://preview.turbosquid.com/Preview/Content_2010_12_04__15_15_41/Devil3.jpg7997E4FF-12FA-4387-8F88B34454A180B9.jpgLarger.jpg

 

 

1) Just google something like "free 3dx max models" and then search "evil/satan/creature/" or whatever.

Contact the original creator, thank him, and make sure he is totally okay with having his model immortalized in a

video game so cultists like myself can worship it.

 

 

2) Then write the lore (I just threw together this random rant just for example's sake)

 

"Belphegor, the 13th divine and forever forgotten...until now. For many millenia, religous scholars and monks

across Nirn worked hard to erase the existence of this boasting, evil, god. His very name and existence

could cripple the foundations of all civilized worship. Blah blah blah

...

Now, a cult of depraved mages and spellcasters have decided to undo this unjust erasing. They are distributing

books about him, burning old libraries, murdering monks who had a hand in erasing him, and building a stone

statue of him high in the mountians of [insert wherever you place him]

 

_________________________

 

If someone wants to take up this mod I'm happy to help in whatever way I can, whether it be hunting for a model or writing the lore-integration text.

 

 

Absoloute backup: If all else fails, and this is a foolish undertaking. Can a modder do a simple request of mine and simply

make the statue of Boethiah bigger? I imagine it'd be as simple as copying the model, deleting the orignal, pasting the one

and scaling it up. Some minor changes to the surrounding landscape may be needed, or just reposition the statue slightly.

Edited October 5, 2013 by asterix645

[Dinkydamn]

http://oi40.tinypic.com/2wg7wua.jpg

[asterix645]

I've already seen the Shrine of Mehrunes Dagon. It's appropriately evil, but I hate how it's literally

merged with the mountain.

 

Notice how Azura and Boethiah are free-standing structures, it makes them look so much better (imo) then Mehrunes

who is just a facade to a mountain.

 

 

How amazing does it look when you see it from a distance, unfortunately you cannot do the same with Mehrunes because he just sinks in to the rockface he's a part of.

http://static2.nexusmods.com/110/mods/110/images/8243-2-1328711720.jpg

 

 

If I were to look at this shrine from an even further distance, I wouldn't even be able to see the stone

figure of Mehrunes just because it's sinked into the rockface.

 

http://images.wikia.com/elderscrolls/images/1/17/Shrine_of_Mehrunes_Dagon.png

Edited October 5, 2013 by asterix645

[asterix645]

Bumping for good reason:

 

After searching around a bit, I have found a mod that makes Azura's shrine much bigger. This does not address my original idea of adding an entirely new shrine into the game, however, it does give Azura's shrine a more "epic" feel.

 

I figured I may as well post the mod here, in case anyone is interested in doing this to Azura the way I was.

 

http://skyrim.nexusmods.com/mods/38472/?tab=3&navtag=%2Fajax%2Fmodimages%2F%3Fid%3D38472%26user%3D1&pUp=1

 

http://static2.nexusmods.com/110/mods/110/images/38472-1-1374168799.jpg